AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

Limited access to real-time data prevents LLMs from providing current and actionable insights, while integration difficulties with existing systems and strict compliance requirements further complicate implementation. Structured logging and AWS X-Ray annotations are implemented to track API calls and enable detailed trace analysis.

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2025

The adoption of mobile identification has proliferated nationwide over the past year, with numerous states implementing digital ID programs to improve citizen experience and streamline access to government services. Today, about 25 U.S.

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State Tech Magazine

JULY 26, 2023

State and local governments are in a constant state of data gathering, and they’re gathering a whole lot of it — as much as terabytes per day. With an overabundance of information coming from dozens of sources (often smart city technology), agencies need ways to analyze data efficiently to make decisions on the fly.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Renzo Rodriguez, managing director of US Federal Solutions Architecture at Amazon Web Services (AWS), sat down with Les Call, director of the Department of Defense CIO Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, in a recent episode of Mission Innovation, powered by AWS , to explore the challenges and strategies of implementing zero trust within the DoD.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The CIO as a broker role has evolved in recent years as the pandemic drove increased technology adoption to meet remote work and security needs. CIOs serve as facilitators for acquiring technology solutions and services with the understanding that they cannot simply prescribe solutions for stakeholder agencies. Arizona CIO J.R.

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State Tech Magazine

MARCH 13, 2025

Lets explore agentic AI, its benefits and how implementing it on-premises can help with data control and security. Agentic AI AI systems that act autonomously to access and synthesize relevant information is poised to positively impact government agencies ability to deliver quality citizen services efficiently.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Meanwhile, satellite solutions, especially those needing more than one constellation, are difficult to implement and operate. Terrestrial communications infrastructure for remote locations can be costly to deploy and vulnerable to outages.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Different security controls can be implemented for different workloads and different SDLC environments. Compliance controls (such as FedRAMP or GDPR) can be implemented as required for different workloads or sets of workloads. Organizations is provided at no additional cost to AWS customers.

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Next City

AUGUST 12, 2024

In 2025, a committee of advocates will propose how New Jersey can implement reparations for Black people. Here is what we know so far.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Just because it’s on their radar, however, doesn’t mean that most state and local agencies have started to implement AI. Another survey indicates that 49 percent of state and local governments are planning to implement AI within the next three years. Only about 10 percent are doing so…

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 6, 2025

AWS third-party audit attestation documents are used to determine inherited controls and what required controls may be remaining for customers to implement in their environment. The outcome of this step is the LZA configuration template that implements technical controls driven by the countrys regulatory and compliance requirements.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 12, 2025

Implementing checkpointing mechanisms is also critical to success to allow workloads to resume from their last known good state, whether on new Spot Instances or by failing over to On-Demand Instances as needed. Organizations should implement proper job tracking and task queue management to confirm that failed tasks are properly rescheduled.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2025

Agencies need to confront the growing problem of shadow artificial intelligence through policy updates and the implementation of new security measures. Microsoft and LinkedIn found 78% of AI users bring their own tools to work, and 52% are reluctant to admit using it, according to the 2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report.

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State Tech Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2024

A top-down, proactive approach to implementing collaborative tools is best, as Many organizations fail to adjust their policies and procedures to reflect the use of these tools, says James Stanger, chief technology evangelist for CompTIA, which provides training and certifications to IT professionals.

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 24, 2023

Smart cities continue to pop up all over the country, as many municipalities implement technologies that make public areas safer, more effective and more efficient. But there’s another element of the smart community movement that’s perhaps lesser known: the smart county.

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State Tech Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

Buecher tells StateTech how the city discovered and implemented the solution. The robust backup and disaster recovery solution simplified the city’s IT environment. Rubrik helps to ensure that Lodi can restore its systems quickly if a cyberattack strikes.

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2023

are implementing ChatGPT in the city’s existing Artificial Intelligence Digital Assistant chatbots. In an effort to bolster its smart city capabilities, officials in Coral Gables, Fla., The AIDA chatbots were created by the Coral Gables Innovation and Technology Department for the Coral Gables Smart City Hub, an open data platform.

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2023

These plans use data and stakeholder input to identify and refine goals, recommend activities and detail implementation strategies. A key step in many of those efforts has been the development of formal, statewide broadband expansion plans, often at the behest of state legislatures or as a strategic component of states’ broadband programs.

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State Tech Magazine

APRIL 12, 2023

According to Buildings IOT, such steps include unifying systems, adding smart devices, and implementing software to optimize insight and… In today’s environment, agencies might wonder how government building operators can modernize.

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Summer Camp Programming

MAY 1, 2024

They share personal stories, offer practical tips for implementing classic nighttime activities like kitchen raids, night swims, and campfire cooking, and offer some more innovative and memorable ideas. SHOW NOTES Curt and Chris explore engaging activities at camp after the sun sets.

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Summer Camp Programming

APRIL 25, 2024

SHOW NOTES This episode dives into the transformative approaches Kelie and Shauna are implementing for staff training at their respective camps. From reinventing traditional methods to integrating dynamic activities.

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Google Public Sector

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In terms of their key drivers for implementing AI, 62% of federal agencies surveyed identified strengthening cybersecurity as a top motivator, and 40% of federal agencies stated that protecting critical infrastructure is a key driver of their AI investments 1. said Kevin Cornish, Chief Information Officer, Covered California.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 8, 2024

Leaders across higher education can use this tool to develop a shared understanding of the strategic and tactical considerations necessary to ensure that generative AI is implemented safely and securely at their institutions.

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State Tech Magazine

APRIL 4, 2023

Leading that charge is Colorado Springs’ Office of Innovation and Colorado Springs Utilities, which work with public and private organizations to implement smart utilities, solutions and services. Since 2017, Colorado Springs, Colo., has pushed to adopt emerging technologies to become smarter, safer and more sustainable.

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State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The New York Office of IT Services is in the second phase of implementing NY.gov ID+, a single, verified login across state government to simplify how residents access services. Phase two of the one-ID plan involves consolidating existing duplicate accounts, an optional process for users with select applications initially.

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State Tech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2023

If breaches are virtually inevitable, the best way to reduce their impact and cost is with an incident response (IR) plan and a team trained to implement it. As John Chambers famously said, “There are only two types of organizations: those that have been hacked and those that don’t know it yet.” Click the banner below to receive…

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2024

It’s not impossible to implement new AI use cases without having a DevOps foundation, but agile development is the best way to run alongside such a fast-moving technology. The pattern of iterating quickly and the culture of agility that precedes platform engineering can improve governments’ ability to create new, AI-powered citizen services.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 11, 2025

This skills gap is even wider in the public sector, where 60 percent of IT professionals reported in a 2024 Salesforce survey that their biggest challenge in implementing AI solutions is lack of knowledge. Browse the catalog of 2024 session presentations here.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2025

Implement constraints and quotas for each consumer account to prevent a single consumer from monopolizing available capacity. Implement usage-based billing at the consumer account level. The technical implementation of this prototype operates across multiple AWS accounts. Owner account owns the Outpost.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Consequently, these organizations must implement systems with fine-grained access controls to make sure that only authorized individuals can view the data they are permitted to access. Each application implements its own authorization approach, leading to inconsistency and redundant effort.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Technology is making it faster and easier than ever to deliver a quality customer experience, and government agencies must keep pace, implementing the digitized services their customers have grown to expect. Digital services have changed the way organizations interact with their customers.

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State Tech Magazine

JULY 15, 2024

This budget allocation will allow the city to continue its efforts to lead the GovAI Coalition with the founding agencies and help other cities implement safe and responsible AI solutions,” says Chelsea Palacio, public information manager for the San Jose Information Technology Department.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Agencies, says Sprague, should also ask potential vendors for proof points on how their solution has been implemented in similar agencies. Connect with those agencies that have been successful with similar technology implementations and leverage their experiences for best practices.”

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